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It is an aggressive and radical form ofnationalism that incorporates autonomous,patriotic sentiments with a belief of expansionism. The main difference between expansionistnationalism and liberal nationalism is it's acceptance of national superiority or dominance.
It is also the name of a book written by Richard E. Ellis.
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Nationalism is the belief that your country is superior, without question or doubt. In some cases, nationalism can inspire people to break free of a foreign oppressor, as in the American Revolution, but nationalism can also lead a country to cut itself off from the rest of the world.
In the past few years, especially after the landslide victory of BJP and PM Modi, the nationalism debate in India has been colored by ‘Hindutva’ politics. The essence of secularism is being lost, with the recent Dadri lynching episode revealing the obnoxious side of communalism in India.
Historian Romila Thapar has explicitly mentioned that ‘Nationalism is not just limited to flying flags on official buildings and singing the glories of the nation symbolised as a mother. Nationalism was a deep commitment to the identity of a people, most of whom came together to expel the colonial power.’
It has become a convention to brand the ‘other’ as an ‘anti-national’ with the politicians, lawyers and journalists emerging as a self-righteous mob, imbued with a ‘hyper-nationalist’ pride. C P Surendran has rightly quoted ‘The Right wing idea of nationalism doesn’t speak of a confined territory and a unified market. It looks at inflationary, fluid boundaries, and a monolithism of beliefs and culture; and Hindu supremacism. It is no use saying the Middle East kingdoms are meant for Muslims. Why not India for Hindus? The Middle East kingdoms for the most part are also led by kings. We can’t obviously go back to the regalia, or can we?’
There is a false binary being constructed that ‘anti-nationals’ versus the ‘martyrs and soldiers of India.’ It is completely irrational verbatim, which tries to superimpose the ‘Idea of India’, which is fabricated on hyper-nationalistic ambitions. For example, a minister in the BJP government General VK Singh, said: “You consume the nation's foodgrains, reside in the nation and get education here. If after that you abuse the nation, then you are traitor.” Such kind of dialectics tries to dominate over the ‘Right to Dissent’ or the ‘Right to Debate’ which is very important in a vibrant democracy.
In the past few years, especially after the landslide victory of BJP and PM Modi, the nationalism debate in India has been colored by ‘Hindutva’ politics. The essence of secularism is being lost, with the recent Dadri lynching episode revealing the obnoxious side of communalism in India.
Historian Romila Thapar has explicitly mentioned that ‘Nationalism is not just limited to flying flags on official buildings and singing the glories of the nation symbolised as a mother. Nationalism was a deep commitment to the identity of a people, most of whom came together to expel the colonial power.’
It has become a convention to brand the ‘other’ as an ‘anti-national’ with the politicians, lawyers and journalists emerging as a self-righteous mob, imbued with a ‘hyper-nationalist’ pride. C P Surendran has rightly quoted ‘The Right wing idea of nationalism doesn’t speak of a confined territory and a unified market. It looks at inflationary, fluid boundaries, and a monolithism of beliefs and culture; and Hindu supremacism. It is no use saying the Middle East kingdoms are meant for Muslims. Why not India for Hindus? The Middle East kingdoms for the most part are also led by kings. We can’t obviously go back to the regalia, or can we?’
There is a false binary being constructed that ‘anti-nationals’ versus the ‘martyrs and soldiers of India.’ It is completely irrational verbatim, which tries to superimpose the ‘Idea of India’, which is fabricated on hyper-nationalistic ambitions. For example, a minister in the BJP government General VK Singh, said: “You consume the nation's foodgrains, reside in the nation and get education here. If after that you abuse the nation, then you are traitor.” Such kind of dialectics tries to dominate over the ‘Right to Dissent’ or the ‘Right to Debate’ which is very important in a vibrant democracy.
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